{"id":10417,"date":"2022-12-21T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baikalfoundation.ru\/?p=10417"},"modified":"2023-01-16T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:25:27","slug":"-the-baikal-without-fishnets-took-a-3rd-place-in-the-competition-of-the-best-eco-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baikalfoundation.ru\/en\/-the-baikal-without-fishnets-took-a-3rd-place-in-the-competition-of-the-best-eco-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abThe Baikal without fishnets\u00bb took a 3rd place in the competition of the best eco-projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/award.plus-one.ru\/page32769889.html\">the results <\/a>of the annual Russian Award for assessing sustainable impact in the economy, environment and society called \u00ab<strong>Change Management. Visionaries<\/strong>\u00bb were announced. The awards go to the best projects in various nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation&#8217;s project <a href=\"https:\/\/baikalfoundation.ru\/en\/our-work\/water-conservation\/the-baikal-without-fishnets\/\">\u00abBaikal Without Fishnets\u00bb<\/a> took the 3d place in the category \u00abEnvironment, NGOs\u00bb. We are glad that for the second year in a row our projects are being highly recognised by the jury and are given awards. We extend\u00a0special thanks to the organizers of the competition \u2014 the Project +1 \u2014 for stimulating positive changes in the society through annual monitoring and rewarding the best projects in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abThe Baikal without fishnets\u00bb project is a comprehensive project aimed at obtaining reliable data on the pollution of sunken fishing nets of the Baikal shoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During 2021-2022<\/strong>, the team of the project has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>conducted 6 independent expeditions<\/strong>, covering almost the entire perimeter of Lake Baikal;<\/li><li><strong>extracted of more than 1,340 kg of sunken fishing<\/strong> nets, which were sent to incineration\/landfill, besides the only large fishing net, which is used as a decoration now at one of the hotels;<\/li><li><strong>created <a href=\"https:\/\/baikalfoundation.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Karta-setevogo-zagryazneniya-oz.-Bajkal-2021.jpg\">a map<\/a><\/strong> of fishnet pollution of the lake;<\/li><li>engaged <strong>30 people<\/strong> \u2014 environmental inspectors, scientists and representatives of civil society;<\/li><li>conducted <strong>laboratory analyzes of more than 60 samples<\/strong> of water to determine water chemical content; 4 samples of sunken fishing nets and 7 water samples for cyanotoxins;<\/li><li>organized an <strong>inter-regional round table discussion<\/strong> \u00abPollution of water bodies with sunken fishing nets: causes, consequences, and solutions\u00bb with participation of 16 experts. We made <a href=\"https:\/\/baikalfoundation.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sbornik-materialov-po-itogam-kruglogo-stola_03.02.2022.pdf\">a summary<\/a> of the discussion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a comprehensive project would not have been done without joint efforts of several organizations. We thank <strong>our project partners<\/strong>: the Irkutsk regional environmental public organization \u00abDepth of Responsibility\u00bb and the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as our donors, friends and everyone who participated in the \u00abBaikal without fishnets\u00bb project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, we plan to continue our work on the project and prepare a generalized Resolution on the problem of pollution of water bodies with sunken fishing gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation&#8217;s project took the 3d place in the category \u00abEnvironment, NGOs\u00bb in the \u00abChange Management. 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